The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-17
our WASHINGTON LETTER.

special correspondence or TIE HHWB
WASHINGTON, D. c., March IA, 81
Since the confirmation Of Mr.. Trotter
as recorder of deeds for the District of
Columbia rumor has been rife upon the
subject of the course which the presi-
dent will be likely to pursue with ref
erence 70 ex-Recorder Matthews. Mr..
Matthews is still in Washington, and
during the past week he has had several
interviews with the president, and if
public opinion may relied upon, will
soon be given government position
which, if not so lucrative as that of re-
corder of deeds, will serve to allay the
disappointment occasioned by the fail
ure upon the part of the senate to con-
firm his appointment to that Office.
Those who are in position
which should enable them
to speak authoratively upon
the subject assert that the
president has determined to find place
for him, and it is thought that he will
either be appointed to the position of
commissioner of patents, made vacant
by the resignation of Commissioner
Montgomery, or that he will succeed
Mr.. Graves as chief of the bureau of
engraving and printing, each of which
positions commands salary of "a 500
per year. There has been general
clamor, especially among the southern
democrats, for Mr.. Graves scalp for
some time past, and it is possible that
the president will so far yield to the
pressure as to reinstate Mr.. Graves in
his former position as assistant United
States treasurer, and place Mr.. Mat
thews in charge Of the printing bu-
reau.
Preparations for the great national
drill in May are being perfected, and
the committee in charge is determined
that the affair shall be in every way
success. At a meeting of business
men of of the District, held on Thurs
day evening last, it was decided that
grand dress carnival should be held at
the close of the drill, and arrangements
are being perfected by which the out
fits used at the Mardi Gras in New Or
leans recently will be secured.
There is much speculation smong the
members OF the District bar as to who
will be chosen by the president to sue
coed Judge Macarthur, whose resigna-
ton takes effect from the 1st of April.
There is an opinion prevalent to the
effect that ex-Representative Randolph
Tucker of Virginia will be likely to re-
ceive the appointment. The name of
| eX-RepreSentative William r. Cox of
North Carolina is also faVorably men
toned for the Office.
The death of Captain Eads causes
the disappearance from legislative and
other circles in Washington of one of
the most notatable of all men who have
been prominent here during the past
twenty years.
The question as to whether an extra
session of congress will be called or
not is still an open one. The effect
produced by the failure of the river and
harbor, the general deficiency, and 9TH
or important measures, is beginning to
be felt in all quarters. The work of
retaining the Potomac flats, which
has been in progress during the past
two or three years, and is rapidly APP
preaching completion, will have to be
suspended for want of funds. Individ-
ual claims that have been allowed dur
ing the past year must await the
action of congress before they
department has examined and allowed
several thousand claims of postmas-
tiers, some of which have been pending
for years. The claimants have been
informed of the allowance of theiI
claims, and as there is no appropria-
ton available for their payment the
department is being flooded with let
tiers from claimants, each demanding
the reason of delay in the payment OF
his claim, and it has been found neceS-
sary to issue circular letter explain
ing that the delay in payment is due
to the failure upon the part of congress
to provide the necessary appropria-
| ton. H.